Auxiliary horseshoe.



W. F. CUSTER. AUXILIARY HORSESHOE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 11,1910.

Patented Aug. 23,1911.

- lnventor Attorneys COLUMBIA PLANOURAPH C0,, WASHINGTON, D. c.

WILLIAM F. CUSTER, OF SUMMITVILLE, INDIANA.

AUXILIARY HOBSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 11, 1910.

Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

Serial No. 571,460.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. CUs'rER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Summitville, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Auxiliary Horseshoe, of which thefollowing is a specification.

It is the object of the present invention to provide an improvedauxiliary horse shoe of such construction that it may be readily appliedto any ordinary horse shoe and adjustable to adapt it for use inconnection with a shoeof any ordinary size.

Incidentally, the invention aims to provide an auxiliary horse shoehaving calks designed to prevent slipping upon icy surfaces.

Not only does the invention contemplate that the shoe shall beadjustable to shoes of different sizes but also that it shall beadjustable to shoes of various contours, the device embodying, brieflyspeaking, two members connected by a clamping bolt which has looseengagement with both members so that the members may have relativerocking movement at the time of initially applying the device to theshoe.

With the above and other objects in view, the invent-ion consists in thegeneral construction and arrangement of parts shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device embodying the'presentinvention, there being shown also in the said figure, in dotted lines,the horse shoe to which the device is applied. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a simiar view on theline 33 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, the device is illustrated as including among otherelements two arcuate members indicated one by the numeral 5 and theother by the numeral 6, these members being substantially of counterpartform and being preferably made from bar metal bent to the requiredshape. A clamping bolt indicated by the numeral 7 has one end turneddownwardly at right angles as at 8 and headed as at 9, its portion 8,prior to being headed being inserted through an opening 10 formed in themember 5 at a point nearly midway between its ends, the fit of theportion 8 in the opening being a loose one so that the bolt may havefree pivotal movement upon the'member 5. The

member 6 is formed at its concave edge with an upstanding ear indicatedby the numeral 11 and this ear is formed with an opening 12 throughwhich the other end of the bolt 7 is loosely engaged, its last mentionedend being threaded as at 13 and having fitted upon it a nut 14 which maybe tightened to draw the two members 5 and 6 together, the members beingarranged with their con vex edges opposed as will be observed from aninspection of Fig. 1 of the drawings. Each of the members 5 and 6 isformed at its front end with an upturned shoe and hoof engaging portionindicated by the numeral 15 and at its rear end with a correspondingportion 16, these latter portions, however, having their extremitiessharpened as at 17 to bite into the material of the hoof and more firmlyhold the device in place when applied.

Before proceeding to a description of the other elements of the device,it will be here stated that when the device is to be applied to a shoeand hoof, the nut 14 is loosened and the members 5 and 6 are separatedto such degree as to permit of them being placed flat against the underside of the shoe and with their upstanding hoof engaging portions 15 and16 outwardly of the sides of the hoof. The members are then relativelyrocked, if necessary, to properly position the device upon the hoof andshoe and the nut 14 is then firmly tightened. It will be observed thatthe portions 15 are inclined upwardly and rearwardly so that they willfit firmly against the inclined forward side of the hoof, when, asstated, the sharp edges of the extremities of the portions 16 will biteinto the material of the hoof and firmly hold the rear ends of themembers in place. As an additional means for holding the device upon thehoof, a strap 18 is connected at one of its ends to each upstandingportion 16, through the medium of a plate 19 which is pivoted as at 20to the said upstanding portion and projects thereabove. Each of thesestraps is formed with a number of buckle tongue receiving openings 21and other straps 22 are secured to the upstanding portions 15 at theforward ends of the members 5 and 6 and carry at their free ends,buckles 23 in which are secured the forward ends of the straps 18, thesestraps being crossed and brought around above the hoof in the mannerillustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings so that the straps Will cross bothat the rear and the front of the hoof. A calk 24 having a threaded studportion 25, is formed also With a squared head 26 and has its studportion 25 threaded into an opening 27 formed in each end of each member5 and 6 of the device, by applying a wrench or similar tool to the saidhead 26.

It Will be readily understood that a device, such as is above describedmay be readily applied to a hoof and shoe of any ordinary size andcontour and that a wide range of adjustment is provided for by thefeature of having the bolt 7 loosely connected tothe tWo members 5 and 6and having the plates pivoted upon the portions 16.

.VVhat is claimed is i A horse shoe attachment comprising a pair ofarcuate members disposed With their convex edges in contact, meanspivotally connecting the members, the ends of the members beingupturned, and an adjustable strap secured at its front and rear ends tothe front and rear upturned ends of each member, the straps upon the tWomembers being crossed at a point adjacent their front end and at a pointadjacent their rear ends.

In testimony that I claim theforegoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signatur in the presence of tWo Witnesses,

WILLIAM F. GUSTER.

Witnesses:

FRANK H. CUSTER, GEORGE R. MILLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). G.

